Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Atmos Studio’s sinuous timber staircase spirals through the centre of London restaurant

April 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Atmos Studio has completed a flowing staircase made from laminated oak that is the centrepiece of a recently opened restaurant in Mayfair, London. StairStalk is the centrepiece of the Oliver Dabbous’s recently opened HIDE restaurant, where it ascends from a basement bar to the dining areas on the ground floor and upper mezzanine. The multidisciplinary practice is known

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Monochrome materials define living spaces inside converted Italian farmhouse

April 23, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office Deltastudio used a palette of monochrome materials to create light-filled rooms with views of the surrounding countryside at this modernised farmhouse near the Italian town of Caprarola. Local practice Deltastudio oversaw the conversion of the traditional farmhouse into a contemporary home for a family who left the city to begin a new life

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Matra Architects creates holiday home with peaked roof and Himalayan views

April 22, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The timber-clad roof structure of this house in the foothills of the Himalayas features a pointed peak incorporating skylights that allow daylight to flood an open-plan interior arranged over stepped levels. The private holiday home is located in the village of Satkhol in India’s Nainital district, which is a popular site for tourists looking to

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B.E. Architecture “rejects stark minimalism” with eclectic interior for Melbourne house

April 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Melbourne studio B.E. Architecture has renovated and extended a Victorian property in the city for an avid art collector, adding a varied palette of materials that help distinguish the old and new parts of the building. The design project for the St Vincents Place Residence began with a heritage building in Melbourne’s inner suburb of

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Timber-and-glass boxes contain pair of residences on a Norwegian hillside

April 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects arranged the living areas of these two homes in a stack of concrete, timber and glass boxes that extend out from a steeply sloping site in an Oslo suburb. Two-in-One House is located on a challenging site at the end of a dead-end road in the Ekeberglia neighbourhood of Oslo’s

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Sean Griffiths uses visual trickery inside London house extension

April 20, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Optical illusions including a trompe l’oeil painting and mirrored walls alter the perception of space inside this extension to a south London house by architect Sean Griffiths. The property is situated in a conservation area bordering Brockwell Park in the London Borough of Lambeth. Griffiths’ design for the extension aims to increase the amount of

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Fuzzy House by SO features stepped roof terrace and public alleyway

April 19, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio SO designed this bunker-like concrete house in the Thai city of Chiang Mai around a pathway that provides locals a shortcut between two roads. The studio, which is also known as Situation-based Operation, designed the house for a client who had owned the plot for several years but had left it unused. Over

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Mork-Ulnes Architects completes timber-clad house with “pinwheel plan” in a Norwegian forest

April 15, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This compact house overlooking a lake to the north of Oslo features four intersecting pitched-roof volumes, which radiate out towards the landscape to frame distinct views and shelter a pair of patios. Mork-Ulnes Architects, which has offices in San Francisco and Oslo, designed the property for the family of an American geologist who moved to Oslo

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André Pihl designs “bat-shaped” summer house to make the most of sea views

April 15, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Full-height windows set into the angled facades of this summer house provide views of the Swedish archipelago from a living space and two adjoining bedroom wings. Villa G was designed by architect André Pihl to replace an existing 1960s cottage on the site, which is located in a quiet bay in the southeastern region of

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Hayhurst and Co adds charred-timber extension to basement flat in north London

April 14, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dark timber cladding applied to the exterior of this extension to a London flat by Hayhurst and Co contrasts the white-oiled boards that line the kitchen and dining space within. The east-London studio headed by architect Nick Hayhurst was tasked with reorganising the layout of the flat in a Victorian terrace, and enhancing its connection

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